SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES...

Assalamualaikum dan Selamat Sejahtera olllzzz...

My topic for today is BAD LUCK. My new year is started by having so many bad luck with I encounter no good to my health. HOMAIIII!!! Lucky I don’t have heart-attack which may need me to DIE!! My bad luck started when I lost the person which I dear, I care the most in my humble life. I was and still stress thinking about that person. How could you forget the person that you heart so much in a blink of eye? Besides, that person has been stuck and nailed and glued tightly in my mind, my heart and my soul. It is an impossible mission to forget that person. When i think of that person again, days and nights, my heart flutters and hurt. That person has been with me for many years. We have gone through storm, rain, sun, and rainbow together. I don’t forget that person, I can’t! Although that person has gone, that person would live, everyday smiling for me in my own memory. 

Next, the very next day, January 2, I had to re-do my Identity card as I had lost it. I found it nowhere. Then, someone said, “You better go and do a new one. You are going to register at IPG later.” Listening to him, I went to Police Station to make a report then straight to PEJABAT PENDAFTARAN NEGARA. I was shocked knowing that I had to pay RM110. Luckily, I brought my Matrix card, therefore I got less RM50.

Later not long after that, I lost my handphone. The loss had been estimated around RM200. Oh dear, what a bad luck.

After that, my laptop charger made me in trouble again. It was damaged and my laptop cannot stand without having the charger. So, I had to buy a new one. It cost me RM90.

Today, another bad luck kiss my soul. I have been sick and got to pay RM50 for the bill. Ya ALLAH, the note was the last note in my purse. Now, I ve only have RM1. Fortunately, Chinese New Year holidays start this week, so I don’t need to use money to survive in this blessed IPG.

All together, I have lost and used RM400 for only 18 days in January.

I don’t know what else would be broken or what else waits ahead me. I have no single idea about that. Therefore, I start my day thinking what other bad luck would cost me today.  I am at no peace. Things happen because of hidden reason, but I cannot think and it is beyond my mind to estimate whether there is a silver line waiting for me at the end of the day. Yes, I admit that I am stronger now. I don’t cry much except when I think of that person. That’s not the matters, right? After all, feeling is something to be expressed not hidden. That makes me a NORMAL human. ;)

I hope that there would be no more bad luck in my life. I am afraid I can’t take it and start to blame Allah for giving me so much hardship. I am too afraid to think about that. For that reason, dear Allah, please protect me. Save me from going astray from your path. Please, be with me always.

Hanya kepada Allah daku berserah dan hanya pada Allah daku memohon pertolongan.

RULES OF CHANGING DIRECT SPEECH TO INDIRECT SPEECH

RULE	SOURCES	EXAMPLE (direct speech -> indirect speech)
Changes in tenses -simple present -> simple past -present continuous  -> past continuous -present perfect -> past perfect -present perfect continuous -> past perfect continuous -simple past -> past perfect -past continuous -> past perfect continuous	1) UPSC PORTAL http://upscportal.com 2)www.studyandexam.com	1) Hae said, “I am hungry.” changed to Hae said that he was hungry. 2) Hae said, “I am going to restaurant.” changed to Hae said that he was going to restaurant.
Changes in determiner/pronoun	1) www.perfect-english-grammar.com 2) Madan Sood, Most Common Errors in English	1) Leeteuk said, “my uncle will buy me a house.” change to Leeteuk said that his uncle would buy him a house. 2) Leeteuk said, “you are uglier than my duck.” changed to Leeteuk said that she was uglier than his duck.
Changes in punctuation mark	1) Madan Sood, Most Common Errors in English 2) www.perfect-english-grammar.com	1) Siwon said, “I am so tired today.” changed to Siwon said that he was so tired that day. 2) Siwon said, “I will sleep until tomorrow.” changed to Siwon said that he would sleep until the following day.
Changes in time expression	1) UPSC PORTAL http://upscportal.com 2) www.perfect-english-grammar.com	1) “Super Junior is performing tonight,” announced Amani. changed to Amani announced that Super Junior was performing that night. 2) Sarah said, “Super Junior will organize a concert at Malaysia next week.” changed to Sarah said that Super Junior would organize a concert at Malaysia the following week.
Changes to place/direction	1) WebLearnEng www.weblearnenglish.com 2) ) UPSC PORTAL http://upscportal.com	1) Semmock said, “I want to get out from here.” changed to Semmock said he wanted to get out from there. 2) Semmock said, “This Pearl Milk Tea is so delicious.” changed to Semmock said that Pearl Milk Tea was so delicious.
Changes in reporting verb, however, the tense of the verb remains same.	1) www.perfect-english-grammar.com 2) Anne Seaton, Focus on Grammar	1)Kyuhyun says, “close the door.” changed to Kyuhyun orders me to close the door. 2) Kyuhyun said, “do not lock the door tonight.” changed to Kyuhyun reminded me not to lock the door that night.
Interrogative sentence become assertive sentences	1) www.studyandexam.com 2) Madan Sood, Most Common Errors in English	1) Sungmin said, “sing beautifully.” changed to Sungmin told me to sing beautifully. 2) “Try it again,” said Sungmin. changed to Sungmin urged me to try it again.
Changes in modal auxiliary verb -Will     -> Would -Shall   -> Should -Can     -> Could -May     -> Might -Must   -> Had to	1) www.studyandexam.com 2) Anne Seaton, Focus on Grammar	1) Heechul said, “I will drop by at your house this evening.” changed to Heechul said that he would drop by at my house that evening. 2) Heechul said, “I may bring you Pearl Milk Tea.” changed to Heechul said that he might bring me Pearl Milk Tea.
For the sentence which verb is in past perfect or past perfect continuous, there is no change for the verb used.	1) Madan Sood, Most Common Errors in English 2) WebLearnEng www.weblearnenglish.com	1) Ryeowook said, “I had made a Pearl Milk Tea last night.” changed to Ryeowook said that he had made a Pearl Milk Tea the previous night. 2) Ryeowook said, “I had been drinking it for two hours.” changed to Ryeowook said that he had been drinking it for two hours.
The word ‘that’ is used as a conjunction between the reporting verb and reported speech, usually applies for declarative and exclamatory sentences.	1) Anne Seaton, Focus on Grammar 2) WebLearnEng www.weblearnenglish.com	1)Shindong exclaimed, “these breads are mine!” changed to Shindong exclaimed that those breads were his. 2) Shindong said, “I am going to buy ice-cream.” changed to Shindong said that he was going to buy ice-cream.        Reporting verb        Reported speech
If the information is still true or universal truth, the verb does not change.	1) Madan Sood, Most Common Errors in English 2) www.perfect-english-grammar.com	1) Yesung said, “The earth is round.” changed to Yesung told me that the earth is round. 2) “I want to travel around the world,” said Yesung. changed to Yesung said that he wants to travel around the world.
To-infinitive must come before object and after verb if it expresses imperative sentence.	1) UPSC PORTAL http://upscportal.com 2) Anne Seaton, Focus on Grammar	1) “Please, have a dinner with me,” said Donghae. changed to Donghae invited me to have a dinner with me. 2) “Do wear a black dress,” said Donghae. changed to Donghae requested me to wear a black dress.         Object         Verb
Negative imperative sentence is expressed by : reporting verb + object+ not+ to-infinitive + verb	1) www.perfect-english-grammar.com 2) Madan Sood, Most Common Errors in English	1) “Do not go out with Siwon,” said Leeteuk. changed to Leeteuk warned me not to go with Siwon. 2) “Please, do not fall in love with Siwon,” said Leeteuk. changed to Leeteuk persuaded me not to fall in love with Siwon.
For interrogative sentence that use WH-Question which is not the subject of the sentence, the subject comes first, followed by the verb.	1) www.perfect-english-grammar.com 2) Anne Seaton, Focus on Grammar	1) “Where would you like to eat?” asked Kyuhyun. changed to Kyuhyun asked me where I would like to eat. 2) “Which restaurants do you prefer,dear?” Kyuhyun enquired. changed to Kyuhyun enquired me which restaurants I prefered.
For interrogative sentence which can be answered by ‘yes or no’, ‘if or whether’ is used as a conjuction.	1) www.perfect-english-grammar.com 2) Madan Sood, Most Common Errors in English	“Am I late?” asked Sungmin. changed to Sungmin asked if he was late. “Are you angry?” Sungmin enquired. changed to Sungmin asked whether I was angry.

ESSAY : do you prefer money over health? discuss

No money no talk. This saying explains that money matters, since the ancient time, money could upgrade human life. People put greater value on dollars among other things in the world. However, there is a proverb goes “health is wealth”. It is true as all societies around the world agree that health has become synonymous and equivalent to the value of wealth.

Unlike wealth, health is something that you do not need to strive and work very hard like crazy to be in the pink of health. All you have to do is keeping fit and eating healthy food. If you lose your wealth, nothing is lost, but if you lose your health, everything is just like nothing to you anymore. You can no longer spend your life as much as you can. You would not be able to appreciate the beauty of each day and live up acknowledge the joys that come to even the simplest encounters with family and friends. As an example, a millionaire cannot go hiking and walking in the park like a healthy poor man. So, is there any excitement being a rich person? Of course, not!

Without health, people would not be able to work productively. Thus, there would be little chances and opportunities for earning and doing jobs. People need to work to be able to generate income. Even office jobs entail good health of employees because through experiences and history, people have determined that without good physical condition, the mental state would also be affected. But one cannot work if he is ill and is incapable to do physical activities. Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc. is a genius in making and producing highly technology products. However, because of tumour is his pancreas, no matter how rich he is by earning 8.3 million dollars in 2010, he cannot use his money to gain his health. That is why, health is wealth because dollars won’t value if you are sick.

Money can buy anything even a person. Since the value of money is important, one can actually buy ‘health’ with it. How is that possible? If you have money, you can buy supplement, eat healthy food, and get an exercise equipment to keep you fit. Prevention is absolutely better than cure, that is why, if you have money, spend it your health. Remember, once you fall sick, you could not even produce money.

In a conclusion, one should take care of their health. When you are healthy, you free to do anything and to be anywhere. The statistics are clear that healthy people live longer and happily than the rich one. Rich people sometimes get affected by the money pressure and it leads uncomfortable life as they will always think about money and how to make it increasing. Therefore, treasuring health is a true wealth. One should treat it like a precious gold because by doing so, you will be shining and glowing throughout your whole day.

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REPORTED SPEECH

Explanation of Reported Speech

1) [ . ]  Statement

     [ that ] is an optional

o   Eg : Azfar said, “ I am handsome.”                      - DS

o          Azfar claimed [that] he is handsome.          - IS

     Change the verb used in DS.

o   Eg : Sheda said, “ I am smart.”                 -DS

o          Sheda claimed that she is smart      -IS

o   The verb of the statement can be changed but it must be in the same tense!

     Change the pronoun used in DS [pronoun of the subject]

o   Eg : Sarah cried, “you are bad person!” -DS

o           Sarah cried that I was bad person  -IS

[ you is changed into I – it means that I report to another party that Sarah exclaims me as a bad person]

     Change the adverb used in DS [adverb of time]

o   Eg : Linda said, “I am going to marry Londo today.”    -DS

o          Linda said that she was going to marry Londo yesterday –IS

o          Kyuhyun said, “ Donghae, I will visit Paris next week.” –DS

o          Kyuhyuh told Donghae that he would visit Paris the following week – IS

o          Kiki said, “Lala, please come to my house this evening.” –DS

o          Kiki invited Lala to come to her house that evening. –IS

     Change the adverb used in DS [adverb of place]

o   Eg : Azman said, “Lolo, how long have you worked here?”

o          Azman asked Lolo how long she had worked there.

NOTE!!       (the above sentence is actually a question, not a statement, but I am using it   a                    as an example for place)

o   Changed of the verb usage in the “ ” mark.

o   Eg : Jason said, “ it is cold.”          -DS

o          Jason said that it was cold.   -IS

Note: Rule of changing the verb:                      ~simple ~present – simple past         (anything in present will change into past no matter what tense the present is [con, pre, pre.con] ~simple past – past perfect    ~past continuous – past prefect continuous ~past perfect – past perfect [NO CHANGE] ~past pre.con – past pre.con [NO CHANGE]

Direct speech
"I play football"
"I am playing football"
"I have played football"
"I played football"
"I was playing football"
"I had played football"
"I had been playing football"
"I will play football"
"I can play football"

Note Modal verb also will change.                          *Will = would *Can = could *Must = Had to *Shall = should * May = Might

Reported speech
He said (that) he played football
He said (that) he was playing football
He said (that) he had played football
He said (that) he had played football
He said (that) he had been playing football
He said (that) he had played football
He said (that) he had been playing football
He said (that) he would play football
He said (that) he could play football

2) [ ! ] Imperative Statement (order/ask)

 Basically, all the points have been explained above. However, the different might be only the change of , “ into word  order, ask, requested, offer, exclaim, warn and so on.

o   Eg : Riah said to Amin, “ Go to your room now!”

o          Riah ordered Amin to go to his room then.

o          Kamal says, “ I will kill you if you tell anyone my secret!”

o          Kamal warns me that he would kill me if I told anyone about his secret.

3) [ ? ] Question

    

( Change into )

Like the rule in of reported speech of statement, the same goes with the rule of reported speech of question. However, some differences  can be spotted while changing the , “ .

     , “             if / whether (interrogative)

     When transforming questions, check whether you have to change:

o   pronouns

o   present tense verbs (3rd person singular)

o   place and time expressions

   NOTE!! – whether / if is also optional.

o   Eg : Aida asked : do you like Super Junior?    -DS

o          Aida asked me if/ whether I liked Super Junior.   -IS

o          Seyna said : Idora, why don’t you speak English?         -DS

o          Seyna asked Idora why she didn’t speak English.         -IS

o          ( there is no either if / whether )

o          Donghae says to Aisy, “ where do you go last weekend?”       -DS

o          Donghae asks Aisy where did she go the previous weekend.           -IS

o          ( the question doesn’t require if / whether )

o          Sarah said, “ Semock, are you missing me?”       -DS

o          Sarah asked Semock whether he was missing her.      -IS

o          (pay attention on the tenses used)

QUESTION = ASKED Told + Object Said + no object Said to + object

 

EXCEPTION!! PAY ATTENTION!!

     Something that is still true, considered as PRESENT TENSE!

o   EG: “My nick name is Princess”, said Heecul.

o           Heecul said that his nick name is Princess         or

o           Heecul said that his nick name was Princess.

o    ( 1) Is Princess – his nick name will always be Princess.

   2) Was Princess – his nick name was once called as Princess [ he was no longer being called as Princess ]

o   EG : Mr. Aizuddin tells the class, “ Next week’s lesson is about Digestion.”

o           Mr. Aizuddin tells the class that next week’s lesson is about Digestion.

o           Miss Amrien said, “ LDS class will start at 2 pm.”

o           Miss Amrien said that LDS will start at 2 pm.

( future event doesn’t require TENSE changes)

Backshift of Simple Past and Past Progressive is optional if they cannot be mistakenly taken for backshift of Present Tense. So backshift is not necessary if there is a time expression indicating past.

 “She left Boston on Monday.“

He said that she left / had left Boston on Monday.

Simple Past and Past Progressive do not normally change in sentences with when / if.

 “When I was having breakfast, the telephone suddenly rang.“

She said that when she was having breakfast, the telephone suddenly rang.

 “If I had more time, I would learn French.“

He said that if he had more time, he would learn French.

Requests

The basic rule for requests is: introductory clause + ‚to‘ + infinite verb.

 “Say hello to your mum.“

She asked me to say hello to my mum.

Advise expressions with must, should and ought are usually reported using advise / urge.

 “You must read that book.“

He advised / urged me to read that book.

The expression let’s is usually reported using suggest. In this case, there are various possibilities for reported speech: gerund or statement with should.

“Let’s go to the cinema.“

He suggested going to the cinema.

He suggested that we should go.to the cinema.